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The Princess of Wales arrives for a reception for England’s World Cup winning Rugby League team – Stephen Lock / i-Images Prince of Wales’s popularity… Read More »Prince of Wales’s popularity plummets after Prince Harry Spare’s memoir
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If you’re a hot food fanatic and like to take on challenges, you’ve probably heard of the Paqui One Chip Challenge. This is something that… Read More »Paqui One Chip Challenge – Why are Paqui chips so hot?
Enlarge / oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) serenely growing on a tree trunk in a forest. But eels beware! These oyster mushrooms want to eat you… Read More »Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Californians tally the damage from recent storms, some are taking stock of the stormwater collected from cisterns, sumps, wells and… Read More »California storm power systems set up to collect rainwater
“Debt limit deadlocks have also repeatedly disrupted the implementation of Treasury Department policies — with knock-on effects for money markets,” Joshua Frost, Assistant Treasury Secretary… Read More »How ‘extraordinary measures’ can delay a debt containment catastrophe
Cryptocurrency bulls extend one of the most unlikely rallies of the year so far, pushing Bitcoin above $21,000 for the second day. That means the… Read More »Bitcoin price rises to recoup losses since FTX collapse
Amazon was hit with an unusually powerful quote about safety today by US federal investigators. The findings seem to support what some of the company’s… Read More »A Damning US Report Exposes Amazon’s Worker Injury Crisis
February 4, 2018; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Tony Dungy, former player and coach, watches from the field ahead of Super Bowl LII between the New England… Read More »Tony Dungy deletes controversial tweet about cat litter after backlash, outrage
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Official correspondence from US diplomats is getting a revamp next month. Starting Feb. 6, the U.S. State Department will use… Read More »Time(s) for change: State Department selects a new official font
WASHINGTON — A Russian citizen who ran a cryptocurrency exchange that federal prosecutors say transferred at least $700 million in illicit funds has been arrested… Read More »Russian citizen accused of running cryptocurrency exchange used by criminals
Jane Doe’s mother told a jury on Wednesday that she might have done things differently today if she had received the same, terrifying text messages… Read More »“Mom, I’m being kidnapped,” student Myers Park texted mom during the assault
